Network Effect

Good News For Google Investors: YouTube Click-To-Buy Feature

It makes sense to me that this is the way that you monetize it, but it's all in the numbers. If Google reports numbers regarding this feature then they will be good and they will have another potential home run on their hands. But if they don't report numbers on it (like Amazon has not reported numbers for Kindle, and Google will probably not report numbers for Android), then the numbers are not compelling. Every time another attempt at making money fails, Google slides further and further into yesterday's news. Google is a lot like Mike Tyson - Tyson was percieved to be unstoppable early on, until Buster Douglas knocked him out. He hasn't won a lot of fights since the Douglas knock out, and each loss since then has continued to deteriorate his reputation as unstoppable. Google was percieved to be unstoppable early on too, until they tried to make money at other things. They haven't won a lot of fights since that first knock out either. And if Android and this attempt to monetize YouTube don't work, Google's reputation will continue to deteriorate as anything more than a one-trick-pony.